Nazareth – Alcatraz (Guitar)

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As recorded by Nazareth (From the 1973 Album RAZAMANAZ) [Intro] Am [Verse 1]
Am
Now lay me down on market street

Am
I'm lookin' for some spare change

Am
A coast guard ship has been lookin' for me

Am
And I might have to change my name

F5               C5                 D5                  E5
Here comes Uncle Sam again with the same old bag of beans

F5                       C5
The local chief's on the radio

              D5
He's got some hungry mouths to feed

E5 N.C.              Am
Goin back to Alcatraz
[Verse 2]
Am
Lay me back down here on the highway

Am
One hundred and one ways to go

Am
Solitary is so confinin'

Am
To the legend of Geronimo

 F5               C5
Oh I know I could bring the rain

        D5          E5
Used to dance for ABC

F5                         C5
And all the braves down on death row

       D5
Are pretending to be free

E5 N.C.              Am
Back home in Alcatraz
[Bridge]
E5
In the land of the great white father

E5
My American blood runs cold

E5
I left my home in Oklahoma

                       A5
To the Everglades I go

E5
It's just the wings on the silver cars

                                A5
And I'm allowed to plow a field

E5
It's not the life for a nineteen seventy
N.C. (What's an) Indian boy to do
E5 N.C.               Am
Goin' back to Alcatraz
[Guitar Solo] E5 A5 E5 N.C. Am [Verse 3]
Am
Lay me down on market street

Am
I'm lookin for some spare change

Am
A coast guard ship has been lookin' for me

Am
Might have to change my name

F5               C5                 D5                  E5
Here comes Uncle Sam again with the same old bag of beans

F5                   C5
Local chief's on the radio

              D5
He's got some hungry mouths to feed

E5 N.C.
Goin' back to Alcatraz

F5               C5                 D5                  E5
Here comes Uncle Sam again with the same old bag of beans

F5                   C5
Local chief's on the radio

              D5
He's got some hungry mouths to feed

E5 N.C.              E5
Goin back to Alcatraz
[Outro]
N.C.                 E5
Goin back to Alcatraz

N.C.                 E5
Goin back to Alcatraz

N.C.                 E5
Goin back to Alcatraz

N.C.                 E5
Goin back to Alcatraz

N.C.                 E5
Goin back to Alcatraz

N.C.                 E5
Goin back to Alcatraz

N.C.                 E5
Goin back to Alcatraz